Jackson Hole Avalanche Report : Backcountry Forecast & Snow Conditions

Jackson Hole Avalanche Report

This avalanche backcountry report is updated daily during the winter season with rapidly changing conditions. The following is the Teton Area Avalanche report. JHAvalanche also includes reports on Continental Divide Trails/Togwotee Pass and Southwest Trails/Grey's River Area.

General Jackson Hole Avalanche Hazard Report:

Teton Area
Jackson Ranger District, POB 1689, Jackson WY 83001
Issued: Sat April 25, 2009 12:40 PM

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A break between systems Saturday brought mostly sunny skies to the region. Areas that received sunlight rapidly warmed from the teens at dawn to the upper thirties or low forties by one p.m. Winds were light from the east in the morning then veered to westerly at 10 m.p.h. in the afternoon.

New snow on sunlit slopes was warmed rapidly enough that skiers could initiate shallow, wet-loose slides on very steep slopes by noon. Observed slides, running on old crusts, did not develop to significant size.